Leon Marchand's coaches have been lobbying for an Olympic schedule change that would make it easier for him to tackle the rare 200 fly/200 breast double.
Swedish star Sarah Sjostrom returns to Worlds in search of a six-peat in the 50 butterfly a feat accomplished only by Katie Ledecky in the 800 freestyle.
"As far as the Russians are concerned, I've already been dead twice," grinned Franck, who is one of a number of alleged French "mercenaries" in Ukraine that Moscow claimed to have killed in a recent strike."As far as I'm concerned, it's impossible for 50 French fighters to be in the same place and the same time in Ukraine," he said.